Species Geocharax tasmanicus (Erichson, 1846)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astacus tasmanicus Erichson, W.F. 1846. Uebersicht der Arten der Gattung Astacus. Archiv für Naturgeschichte xii: 86-103, 375-377 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀, Tasmania (as Van Diemen's Land).

  Type locality references:

  Hansen, B. & Richardson, A.M.M. 2006. A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(6): 713-769 [714].
• Geocharax gracilis Clark, E. 1936. The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 10: 5-58 [31 pl. I fig. 8, pl. 6,].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV J11880 33 specimens (possibly 7 more), Gellibrand River, S of Colac, VIC; NMV J907 5 specimens, Gellibrand River, S of Colac, VIC; NMV J13413 28 specimens, Portland, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, B. & Richardson, A.M.M. 2006. A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(6): 713-769 [714]
• Crandall, K.A. & De Grave, S. 2017. An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(5): 615–653 [640]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NW TAS, W Bass Strait Islands, SW VIC.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, creeks, drains, freshwater, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

Creeks, drains.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	09-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011		20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED